Sunday 22nd January Sunday 5th February Sunday 19th February Cantatas 24, 88, 177 Cantatas 71, 93, 195 Harpsichord Recital

Lynda Lee - Soprano Lynda Lee - Soprano Alison Browner - Contralto Alison Browner - Contralto The Art of Fugue Robin Tritschler - Tenor Robin Tritschler - Tenor BWV 1080 Nigel Williams - Bass Nigel Williams - Bass Soloist Palestrina Choir Dublin Bach Singers Malcolm Proud Orchestra of St Cecilia Orchestra of St Cecilia Second Harpsichord Conductor Conductor Gillian Smith Christoph Wolff Blánaid Murphy

Sunday 29th January Sunday 12th February Sunday 26th February Cantatas 21, 135 Cantatas 10, 54, 147 Cantatas 9, 118, 170, 185

Lynda Lee - Soprano Lynda Lee - Soprano Lynda Lee - Soprano Alison Browner - Contralto Alison Browner - Contralto Alison Browner - Contralto Robin Tritschler - Tenor Robin Tritschler - Tenor Robin Tritschler - Tenor Nigel Williams - Bass Martin Higgins - Bass Jeffrey Ledwidge - Bass

Choir of St Patrick’s Cathedral Canticum Novum Choir Canzona Chamber Choir Orchestra of St Cecilia Orchestra of St Cecilia Orchestra of St Cecilia Conductor Conductor Conductor Peter Barley Geoffrey Spratt Blánaid Murphy The Church Cantatas of J.S. Bach constitute Sunday 5th March the greatest single compositional achieve- Cantatas 107, 186, 187 ment of Western music, yet the large major- Bach ity of the 200 or so surviving cantatas had never been performed in Ireland until the Lynda Lee - Soprano Orchestra of St Cecilia began presenting ALL of these masterpieces over a ten year Alison Browner - Contralto period. Cantatas Robin Tritschler - Tenor The first five series in 2001-2005 were an Nigel Williams - Bass outstanding success and the sixth series will take place in January to March 2006.

John Dexter Harmony The plan is to work through the cantatas, 20 06 Orchestra of St Cecilia grouping them together in programmes Conductor following the days of the church year. Progressing at the rate of six concerts per John Dexter year, it will take no less than sixty concerts to complete the project by 2010!

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